(Welcome to Let’s Get Animated!, a column that spotlights the best of film animation. In this edition: the best animated flying sequences.)
The best kinds of animated films sweep you away — whether in their dazzling technical craft, their boundless imagination, or their awe-inspiring execution. And the best kinds of animated flying sequences achieve all three.
In honor of the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final film in a franchise that has given us some of... Tags: Movies, China, Superman, Disney, Features, Egypt, Animation, Peter Pan, Brad Bird, Snyder, Tim Rice, Alan Menken, Jasmine, Aladdin, Rockwell, Zack Snyder

It’s been just about a year since the relaunch of WeWork Labs, an accelerator-type program operating under the WeWork umbrella. Since then, it’s grown to 37 locations in 22 cities. And it’s truly international, operating in 12 countries, including Brazil, China, Germany and India.
These Labs offices are often — but not always — housed within a larger WeWork space, and, like an accelerator, they offer mentorship and programming. However, WeWork doesn’t take any equity; instead, it simply makes mo... Tags: Startups, Accelerator, New York, Microsoft, New York City, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tech, Shanghai, Manhattan, WeWork, Adler, Vazquez, Barak, Soluto, Dumbo

Joseph Gatt is used to playing the bad guy. With his striking chrome dome, high cheekbones, and thin eyebrows, it’s no wonder that Gatt has been typecast as a villain. He’s tried to kill Thor as a Frost Giant, and he’s terrorized various heroes as countless Russian mercenaries. But in Dumbo, his villain Neils Skellig (the psychotic hunter and right-hand man of Michael Keaton’s ruthless circus entrepreneur V.A. Vandemere) hits a little closer to home.
“I’m very anti-hunting and I’m involved in a... Tags: Movies, Interviews, La, Fantasy, Disney, Features, Darth Vader, Thor, Michael Keaton, Tim, Keaton, Medici, Dumbo, Set Visit, Action/Adventure, Disney/Pixar

Before we get into the most obvious thing about the upcoming movies for 2019 – which is, Marvel is going to make a lot of money, again – can we first look forward to some great filmmakers who’ll be doing exactly what they want to do?
Like Martin Scorsese, whose Netflix-backed “The Irishman” reunites our greatest living filmmaker with old cronies Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel, and tosses Al Pacino into the bargain. It’s a mob epic that spans decades, with a lot of digital de-aging, ... Tags: Hollywood, Movies, Tim Burton, Disney, Sport, Tom Hanks, Fox, Netflix, Things To Do, Soccer, Ferrari, Ford, Elton John, Leonardo Dicaprio, Hobbs, Seth Rogen

“Dumbo” takes flight in the first official trailer for Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the Disney classic. This reimagining, which uses visual effects to portray the lovable elephant, sees Danny DeVito as the owner of a faltering circus. He enlists a former star (Colin Farrell) and his children (Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins) to look […] Tags: News, Tim Burton, Disney, Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Dumbo, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins

Thanks to the latest trailer for Tim Burton’s live-action remake of Dumbo, you’ll still believe a horribly depressed elephant can fly! He will also be ripped away from his mother and be forced to wear clown make-up, among other cruelties.Read more... Tags: Science, Tim Burton, Disney, Animation, Dumbo

"You can do it, Dumbo. Show them." Disney has revealed their first full-length, official trailer for the live-action Dumbo movie, about the little elephant who can fly. And you'll really believe he can fly after this! What a magnificent trailer, no thanks to that music. Dumbo is directed by iconic filmmaker Tim Burton, who has been working with Disney ever since Alice in Wonderland and most recently made Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. This new Disney Dumbo adventure features an... Tags: Movies, Trailer, Tim Burton, Disney, Michael Keaton, Alice, Peregrine, Dumbo, To Watch, Disney Dumbo